Jeremiah 37:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.”
Jeremiah 37:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 37:20 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 37:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Now please hear, my lord the king: please let my supplication be presented before you, that you not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.””
Jeremiah 37:20 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 37:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And now hear, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be presented before thee, that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. ”
Jeremiah 37:20 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 37:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And now, hearken, I pray thee, my lord, O king, let my supplication fall, I pray thee, before thee, and cause me not to return <FI>to<Fi> the house of Jonathan the scribe, that I die not there.'”
Jeremiah 37:20 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 37:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And now hear, I pray thee, my lord, O king: let my supplication, I pray thee, come before thee; and cause me not to return into the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. ”
Jeremiah 37:20 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 37:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Therefore heare nowe, I pray thee, O my lorde the King: let my prayer be accepted before thee, that thou cause mee not to returne to the house of Iehonathan the scribe, least I die there.”
Jeremiah 37:20 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 37:20 in Context — Jeremiah 37
18 Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?
19 Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
20 Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
What Does Jeremiah 37:20 Mean?
Jeremiah 37:20 is a verse from the Book of Jeremiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jeremiah chapter 37. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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